Holidays on Ice

Six new pieces have been added to David Sedaris's well-loved Christmas anthology, which also includes a previously unpublished tale. Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters (Us and Them); the challenges of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French (Jesus Shaves); how to handle being locked out in a snowstorm (Let It Snow); the perplexing Christmas customs of other countries (Six to Eight Black Men); Halloween at the medical examiner's office (The Monster Mash); and a botched secret Santa scheme in a barnyard (Cow and Turkey) are among his best-loved collections of stories.